U.S. & D.C Local News

A growing controversy in Georgetown is raising serious questions about how D.C. officials handled a sensitive infrastructure project near historic Black burial grounds — with local advocates accusing the city of negligence, secrecy, and a failure to respect American history. At the center of the dispute are the Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, where multiple previously undocumented graves were identified just feet below the surface during surveys tied to a drainage project...

Verified local reporting out of the nation’s capital confirms that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving rapidly to equip agents with controversial electric-shock gloves — a development now sending shockwaves through Washington’s political and policy circles. According to NBC Washington, ICE officers “may soon be outfitted” with the devices, known as the G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), designed to deliver a sharp electric jolt to individuals who resist arrest...

The progressive slogan “tax the rich” is colliding head-on with reality—and the fallout in New York is now being closely watched in Washington, D.C. as a warning shot for policymakers flirting with similar ideas. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s flagship “pied-à-terre tax”—pitched as a clean, easy hit on wealthy second-home owners—is unraveling into legal chaos, administrative confusion, and growing political backlash, according to multiple U.S. news reports. Lawsuits, Court Halts, and Confusion What...